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I found the term "People" confusing and had no idea what to expect from it. On the people page one of your "top picked" images is not displaying. When you choose a "person" the term "movies acted" is clumsy.

I don't know whether it is the case on your browser but on mine when your movies are listed seven at a time I'm getting six on one line and one on another line. Looks particularly odd when I've clicked on a popular genre/letter and I then have a "next 7" results link on the same line as the single movie.

Don't like the indentation in the right hand column. You can quite easily show what bits of the column belong together by spacing.

TechnicalI assume that the current domain is not the site's final resting place (at least I hope not) however, currently...You have no canonical name redirect i.e non-www shows the same content as www. This leaves you at risk of duplicate content penalties from the search engines.

No custom 404 page. The standard 404 page is highly confusing to a layperson and is in any case no help in keeping people on your site.

Meta tag are the same across the site. They may only have a small potential SEO benefit but unless they are page specific and backed up by on page content they are not going to have even a small SEO benefit.

Why is your main heading an <h2> rather than an <h1>? And again for the greatest SEO benefit the main heading should be specific to the page not the site.

I didn't really know what else to put there... maybe some more new releases?

Originally Posted by Fremeere

I found the term "People" confusing and had no idea what to expect from it.

What would be a better phrase?

Originally Posted by Fremeere

When you choose a "person" the term "movies acted" is clumsy.

Again what would you put?

Originally Posted by Fremeere

I don't know whether it is the case on your browser but on mine when your movies are listed seven at a time I'm getting six on one line and one on another line. Looks particularly odd when I've clicked on a popular genre/letter and I then have a "next 7" results link on the same line as the single movie.

This is actually going to depend on the width of your screen.

Originally Posted by Fremeere

I assume that the current domain is not the site's final resting place (at least I hope not)

It is not the final resting spot

Originally Posted by Fremeere

Meta tag are the same across the site. They may only have a small potential SEO benefit but unless they are page specific and backed up by on page content they are not going to have even a small SEO benefit.

I actually hadn't thought about this one

Originally Posted by Fremeere

Why is your main heading an <h2> rather than an <h1>? And again for the greatest SEO benefit the main heading should be specific to the page not the site.

You actually answered this one your self. There is only one <h1> per page and that is the name of the movie or person. That way the main heading is specific to the page and not the site.

The layout seems familiar to me .. is this a template? I'd add some images in the header (can't get enough of images ). Lacks content right now, but it's a nice start. Think about a nice logo .. branding is hugely important too

I think you could definitely add more to your home page. Instead of the latest release being on the rt., they could be displayed nicely with a reflection in the center. Maybe be a rating module would definitely spark some user interaction.
I think its a good start, but your main page can grow into something great.

I agree with the rest that the homepage could use some more work. It seems rather empty and the aliased text in the three boxes are distracting and degrade the slickness of the rest of the site. Try making the three boxes larger and with more color. Maybe even add images? And of course try to keep everything slick and clean.